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Normal female sexual development requires neuregulin-erbB receptor signaling in hypothalamic astrocytes.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 Jan 2003
Prevot Vincent, Rio Carlos, Cho Gyeong J, Lomniczi Alejandro, Heger Sabine, Neville Craig M, Rosenthal Nadia A, Ojeda Sergio R, Corfas Gabriel
Abstract excerpt
The initiation of mammalian puberty requires the activation of hypothalamic neurons secreting the neuropeptide luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH). It is thought that this activation is caused by changes in trans-synaptic input to LHRH neurons. More recently, it has been postulated that the pubertal increase in LHRH secretion in female animals also requires neuron-glia signaling mediated by growth...
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